- #1 Medieval Dynasty
97% matchVery Positive91% of 49,970 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 35.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
Why similar: Crafting 17.9%, Medieval 15.1%, Building 15%, Open World 11.5%, Survival 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a deep, immersive medieval life simulation with robust building and survival mechanics that mirror the grounded feel of the seed game.
- #2 Myth of Empires
96% matchMixed67% of 17,261 reviews2024
Dev: Angela GamePub: Imperium Interactive Entertainment
Windows
Median: 15.4 hrsMean: 230.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Myth of Empires is a multiplayer war sandbox game featuring a high degree of freedom and multiple civilizations. Players must survive, craft, create, and lead troops in their quest to conquer PVE or PVP territory and build their own empire. Xizhou Civilization Pack is now officially released!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.4% ★, Building 10%, Open World 9.9%, Sandbox 9.8%, Medieval 9%
Why You'll Like It: A massive sandbox experience that emphasizes large-scale warfare, complex crafting, and realistic medieval survival.
- #3 Wurm Unlimited
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,128 reviews2015
Dev: Code Club ABPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wurm Unlimited is the standalone version of the fantasy sandbox world Wurm Online, the MMORPG where the players are in charge! A pioneer in the ideas of player influence, crafting and adventure, it is now one of the most deep and feature packed true sandbox experiences available.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.4% ★, Open World 11.1%, Crafting 10.4%, Sandbox 10.4%, Survival 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features unparalleled terraforming and crafting depth that serves as a spiritual predecessor to the sandbox elements found in the seed game.
- #4 Mortal Online 2
95% matchMixed60% of 13,523 reviews2022
Dev: Star Vault AB
Windows
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 145.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Step into Nave, a vast fantasy sandbox world with a player-driven economy, persistent housing, and deep crafting systems. Engage in first-person, full-loot PvP combat with other players and perilous foes. Build, explore, and conquer in an unforgiving world. The land is yours—who will you become?
Why similar: Medieval 16.4%, Open World 15.5%, MMORPG 15% ★, Sandbox 14.5%, Crafting 13%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore, skill-based MMORPG that captures the high-stakes, realistic combat and player-driven economy of the seed game.
- #5 Bellwright
94% matchVery Positive81% of 18,990 reviews2024
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 41.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Establish and expand your own settlements, liberate the land and assist its villagers, and recruit others to your cause while learning more about a life you had to leave behind. Command your forces, prove your valor through combat, and cement yourself as the hero of your people.
Why similar: Medieval 19.3%, Open World 18.1%, Survival 17.9%, Crafting 16.5%, Building 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines survival, building, and tactical command in a medieval setting, focusing on the growth of a settlement through player effort.
- #6 Conan Exiles
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 111,441 reviews2018
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 16.9 hrsMean: 111.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
An online multiplayer survival game, now with sorcery, set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Survive in a vast open world sandbox, build your home into a kingdom, and dominate your enemies in single or multiplayer.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.4% ★, Survival 14.5%, Open World 13.5%, Crafting 10.6%, Building 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a brutal, high-fidelity survival experience with extensive base-building and sandbox freedom.
- #7 Pax Dei
93% matchMixed57% of 10,783 reviews2025
Dev: Mainframe Industries
Windows
Median: 15.9 hrsMean: 69.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Welcome to a vast, social sandbox MMO inspired by the legends of the medieval era. Here, myths are real, ghosts exist, and magic is unquestioned. Join thousands of players as you explore the land, build your home, forge your reputation, and craft your own stories. What world will you make?
Why similar: Medieval 20.7%, Crafting 18.2%, Open World 16.7%, Sandbox 15.8%, MMORPG 14.7% ★
Why You'll Like It: A social-focused sandbox MMORPG that emphasizes crafting, building, and community-driven development in a vast medieval world.
- #8 Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
91% matchVery Positive88% of 286,599 reviews2022
Dev: TaleWorlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 61.2 hrsMean: 152.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.
Why similar: Medieval 34.1%, Open World 23.8%, Sandbox 17.1%, Multiplayer 8.7%, RPG 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: While more combat-focused, it offers the best medieval formation and large-scale warfare mechanics that complement the seed game's combat style.
- #9 Medieval Engineers
92% matchMixed52% of 7,282 reviews2015
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Medieval Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction and the maintenance of architectural works and mechanical equipment using medieval technology. Players build castles; construct mechanical devices and underground mining. There is an entire planet to explore!
Why similar: Medieval 20.6%, Building 17.5%, Sandbox 15.7%, Open World 14.3%, Crafting 11%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the physics-based construction and structural integrity aspects that are central to the building system of the seed game.
- #10 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
91% matchMixed66% of 5,984 reviews2017
Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.
Why similar: Medieval 26.2%, Survival 18.8%, Building 16.5%, Open World 13%, Crafting 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A city-building spin-off that retains the medieval aesthetic and resource management challenges of the main series.
- #11 Valheim
89% matchVery Positive94% of 529,829 reviews2021
Dev: Iron Gate ABPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 25.6 hrsMean: 76.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.1% ★, Open World 11.6%, Survival 11.6%, Crafting 10.3%, Building 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Blends survival, building, and exploration in a challenging world that rewards preparation and cooperative construction.
- #12 Reign Of Kings
90% matchMixed57% of 14,891 reviews2015
Dev: Code}{atch
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 47.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Struggle to survive in a harsh medieval world. Hunt wildlife, mine resources, build structures, and craft weapons and armor in order to protect yourself. You may form a guild, bring war to all opposition, and try to seize the throne and become king!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.4% ★, Medieval 12.2%, Open World 10.5%, Survival 10.2%, Crafting 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty, medieval survival game that centers on territorial control and building fortifications against other players.
- #13 Rising World
89% matchVery Positive86% of 5,845 reviews2014
Dev: JIW-Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Rising World is a voxel based open-world sandbox game, featuring a procedurally generated world, playable in single and multi-player.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.2% ★, Crafting 12.9%, Sandbox 11.3%, Building 11.2%, Survival 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based sandbox game that allows for complete terraforming and highly detailed, free-form building.
- #14 Life is Feudal: Arden
88% matchMixed42% of 817 reviews2025
Dev: LTG
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 25.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Life is Feudal: Arden is a new free-to-play open-world MMORPG set in the Middle Ages, built on the foundation of Life is Feudal: MMO. Engage in thrilling PvP combat, navigate political intrigue, master a variety of professions and craft unique items. Forge your own path to power and greatness!
Why similar: Sandbox 13.8%, Crafting 13.3%, MMORPG 13.1% ★, Medieval 12.7%, Building 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: A newer entry in the franchise that streamlines the sandbox experience while maintaining the core medieval RPG feel.
- #15 Renown
86% matchMixed60% of 1,544 reviews2025
Dev: RDBK Studios
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Renown is an intense medieval multiplayer survival experience set in a vast, ever-evolving world. Whether alone or rallying allies, gather resources, build powerful strongholds, and engage in brutal battles for dominance.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.9% ★, Medieval 11.6%, Crafting 10.6%, Open World 9.6%, Survival 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer survival game that focuses on building, raiding, and medieval combat in a persistent open world.
- #16 Wild Terra 2: New Lands
87% matchMixed52% of 3,315 reviews2022
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 42%
MMORPG full of details that create a unique immersion and the spirit of adventure! Play your role in the life-filled medieval world controlled by players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.1% ★, Sandbox 9.7%, Medieval 9.1%, Crafting 8.9%, Building 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down sandbox survival game that emphasizes crafting, building, and player-driven progression.
- #17 Eco
85% matchVery Positive81% of 13,777 reviews2018
Dev: Strange Loop Games
Windows
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 88.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build a civilization of real people, working together to advance society and stop a meteor, all without destroying the ecosystem in the process.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.8% ★, Sandbox 11.8%, Crafting 11.4%, Building 11.4%, Open World 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer survival game where players must work together to build a civilization while managing complex environmental and resource systems.
- #18 KINGDOMS
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 4,079 reviews2015
Dev: Oreol
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
KINGDOMS is a procedural medieval RPG in a randomly generated open world. The main feature of KINGDOMS is a smart AI system that completely controls NPC behavior. As the player, you can fully interact with this massive world and become any person you want to be.
Why similar: Medieval 20.4%, Open World 18.2%, Building 14.3%, Crafting 13%, Survival 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world medieval sandbox that focuses on procedural generation and the simulation of a living, breathing society.
- #19 V Rising
81% matchVery Positive89% of 132,034 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 21.0 hrsMean: 57.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.
Why similar: Open World 21.9%, Survival 20.2%, Crafting 18.4%, Building 11.2%, Sandbox 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features a highly polished building and survival loop that rewards strategic base design and resource gathering.
- #20 Dark and Light
84% matchMixed52% of 11,804 reviews2017
Dev: Snail Games USA
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 49.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Dark and Light is a vast sandbox survival RPG set in a world dominated by powerful elemental forces. Find your way in a meticulously crafted world, featuring breathtaking landscapes, a wide variety of mythical creatures, and limitless possibility to craft, build, and unlock dozens of powerful weapons, spells, and skills.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.8% ★, Open World 16.4%, Survival 14.2%, Sandbox 12.3%, Massively Multiplayer 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A large-scale sandbox survival game that incorporates magic into its building and exploration systems.
- #21 Outlaws of the Old West
83% matchMixed59% of 6,287 reviews2019
Dev: Virtual Basement LLCPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Outlaws of the Old West is a massively multiplayer survival MMO with a huge world, thousands of items and a modular building system. Survive the wild, build your own homestead, defeat villainous bandits and work with others to tame the Wild West.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 49.8% ★, Open World 14.4%, Survival 14.1%, Multiplayer 6.2%, Massively Multiplayer 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that translates the building and crafting mechanics of the seed game into a Western setting.
- #22 Force of Nature
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,198 reviews2016
Dev: A.Y.std
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.5% ★, Crafting 13.2%, Survival 11.3%, Open World 9.2%, Sandbox 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that emphasizes crafting and exploration with a focus on building up a base from scratch.
- #23 Savage Lands
82% matchMixed55% of 6,679 reviews2021
Dev: Last Bastion Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Your fight for survival begins on the frozen shores of Tarvhas, where bitter cold and vicious creatures conspire to defeat the unprepared. Uncover the land’s dark history as you and fellow explorers traverse an unforgiving and hostile world to tame the Savage Lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.6% ★, Survival 12.4%, Open World 11.1%, Crafting 10%, Sandbox 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A harsh survival game that forces players to build and craft in order to survive against mythical threats in a medieval world.
- #24 7 Days to Die
78% matchVery Positive87% of 396,805 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 107.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.9% ★, Survival 17.2%, Open World 13.1%, Sandbox 9.9%, Building 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game that excels in voxel-based building and defense, requiring players to fortify their structures against constant threats.
- #25 ARK: Survival Ascended
80% matchMixed60% of 100,735 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows
Median: 28.6 hrsMean: 195.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!
Why similar: Survival 20.4%, Open World 20.2%, Crafting 16%, Building 13.3%, Sandbox 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: A premier survival sandbox that offers immense freedom in building and taming, even if the setting is more fantastical.
- #26 Rust
79% matchVery Positive87% of 1,344,289 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 52.0 hrsMean: 416.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.8% ★, Survival 18.6%, Crafting 14.1%, Open World 12.4%, Building 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for hardcore, player-versus-player survival where base building and resource management are critical to survival.
- #27 Citadel: Forged with Fire
81% matchMixed68% of 5,882 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Isle StudiosPub: Blue Isle Publishing
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This massive online sandbox RPG features elements of magic, spellcasting, building, exploring and crafting. As a newly minted apprentice of the magic arts, you will set off to the dangerous world of Ignus. Tame mighty beasts, forge alliances, explore uncharted territories or fight for dominance!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.4% ★, Open World 15.1%, Survival 10.5%, Sandbox 8.3%, Crafting 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox RPG that allows for massive base construction and exploration in a world filled with magic and danger.
- #28 Project Zomboid
79% matchVery Positive94% of 440,877 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.8 hrsMean: 82.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.1% ★, Survival 17.5%, Open World 13.1%, Sandbox 9.2%, Crafting 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: While set in a modern apocalypse, its uncompromising realism and deep survival mechanics will resonate with fans of the seed game's difficulty.
- #29 Gloria Victis: Medieval MMORPG
77% matchMixed68% of 10,474 reviews2023
Dev: gamigo US
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Gloria Victis is an MMORPG with an emphasis on realism, set in a low-fantasy medieval open world. Enjoy MMO with skill-based non-target combat, open PVP with territory control, deep crafting system and player-driven economy – all that served with beautiful graphics and an immersive atmosphere.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.5% ★, Medieval 16.1%, Open World 12.8%, MMORPG 11.5% ★, Crafting 7.8%
- #30 Life is Feudal: MMO
78% matchMixed40% of 7,330 reviews2018
Dev: LTG
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 45.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Experience the hardcore reality of the Middle Ages. Master survival, engage in deep-rooted RPG elements, navigate a bustling economy, build communities, and employ diplomatic strategy to thrive in Abella's vast expanse.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.7% ★, Medieval 11.9%, Crafting 8.6%, MMORPG 8.6% ★, Survival 8.4%
- #31 Hurtworld
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 31,099 reviews2019
Dev: Bankroll Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 63.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hurtworld is a hardcore multiplayer survival FPS with a focus on competitive gunplay and strategic map control. Built for hardcore gamers, Hurtworld aims to punish.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.4% ★, Survival 15.8%, Open World 12.5%, Crafting 11.6%, Building 8.8%
- #32 Going Medieval
71% matchVery Positive89% of 20,287 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
Why similar: Crafting 26.3%, Sandbox 25.1%, Survival 24.7%, Historical 8.1%, RPG 7.6%
- #33 Miscreated
76% matchMixed66% of 31,585 reviews2018
Dev: Entrada Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 38.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Miscreated is a multiplayer online hardcore survival game set in a post-apocalyptic future. You will need to survive against mutants, players, and even mother nature herself.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 50.5% ★, Survival 14.8%, Open World 12.5%, Crafting 7.4%, Multiplayer 5.3%
- #34 Wild Terra Online
76% matchMixed60% of 1,830 reviews2017
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Wild Terra Online is a sandbox RPG, in a completely player-controlled medieval world. You will have to survive in a forest full of predators, build a shelter and improve your crafts skills, tame animals and fight for treasures. You can become anyone and do whatever you want!
Why similar: Sandbox 14.7%, Open World 14.5%, Survival 13.8%, Medieval 11.3%, Crafting 10.4%
- #35 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 34,087 reviews2020
Dev: Eleon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 76.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.5% ★, Open World 11.2%, Survival 10.4%, Building 10.2%, Crafting 10.2%
- #36 Wurm Online
73% matchMixed63% of 2,510 reviews2020
Dev: Code Club AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 38.6 hrs≥1hr: 47%
A sandbox MMORPG that has pushed the boundaries on what it means to be open world and stood the test of time. Dig, mine, shape the world around you and make your lasting mark!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.5% ★, Sandbox 16.5%, MMORPG 9.8% ★, Building 9.2%, Massively Multiplayer 7.8%
- #37 Mortal Online
75% matchMixed52% of 2,957 reviews2015
Dev: Star Vault AB
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Mortal Online is a first-person medieval fantasy MMORPG, set in a huge, open, unforgiving world. Choose your race, choose your playstyle, choose a profession, choose where to place your loyalties - if you have any...
Why similar: Open World 20.8%, Sandbox 15.6%, Medieval 13%, Survival 11.9%, MMORPG 9.7% ★
- #38 Last Oasis
73% matchMixed62% of 24,198 reviews2020
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 17.9 hrsMean: 121.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Nomadic Survival MMO. Build wooden walking machines to travel to new lands. Create clans and fight for territory. Resources deplete fast, so take your sword and scavenge, pirate, and trade to stay alive.
Why similar: Survival 18.7%, Open World 17.8%, Crafting 13.9%, Building 10.9%, Massively Multiplayer 10.4%
- #39 Valnir Rok Survival RPG
74% matchMixed44% of 980 reviews2017
Dev: encurio
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Valnir Rok is a multiplayer survival roleplaying game in a Viking setting with quests by bestselling author Giles Kristian. Explore a huge open world, craft items, cook meals, build houses and found clan cities. Raid other clans or place bounties. Pray to the gods and survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23% ★, Open World 17.9%, Survival 15.4%, Massively Multiplayer 6.9%, Crafting 6.7%
- #40 The Front
69% matchMixed68% of 10,753 reviews2025
Dev: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 44.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.6% ★, Crafting 11.3%, Survival 10.1%, Open World 9.8%, Building 9.1%
- #41 GRAV
74% matchMixed47% of 6,921 reviews2015
Dev: BitMonster, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
GRAV is a sand box experience where you explore a multitude of planets, hunt strange alien creatures, build and defend outposts, craft weapons and armor, and attempt to survive against other players in a hostile environment.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.2% ★, Survival 12.9%, Open World 12.3%, Sandbox 9.4%, Crafting 9.2%
- #42 Out of Reach
73% matchMixed57% of 3,044 reviews2018
Dev: Space Boat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. Storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make shelters. These are the basics, you need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build & burn, sail & explore, be Out of Reach!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.7% ★, Survival 12.3%, Open World 10.8%, Crafting 10.3%, Building 7%
- #43 Crestfallen: Medieval Survival
71% matchMixed60% of 455 reviews2024
Dev: Bloodbath Studios
Windows
👑 Hail to the King! In Crestfallen: Medieval Survival, players clash for dominance over the realm through strategic castle 🏰 building and fierce combat. Craft epic armor, forge deadly medieval weapons⚔️, and build a kingdom worthy of legend 📜. Create a Guild 🐉, trade goods, and prevail! 🌟
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.9% ★, Crafting 11.4%, Medieval 10%, Survival 9.9%, Open World 9.5%
- #44 ENDALOR
69% matchMixed68% of 79 reviews2026
Dev: Diorite Games
Windows
An immersive medieval dark fantasy survival game with RPG elements for 1-4 players. Set in a hand crafted open world. Explore, survive, build, craft, fight and conquer your way through the dark, brutal and mysterious lands.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.5% ★, Medieval 11.3%, Open World 9.8%, Survival 9.4%, Crafting 8.7%
- #45 Sengoku Dynasty
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,351 reviews2024
Dev: SuperkamiPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Sengoku Dynasty is the ultimate feudal Japan experience: build villages, grow your community, and shape the open world through combat or economy. The choice is yours alone - or that of up to 4 players in multiplayer co-op!
Why similar: Medieval 19.2%, Open World 16.6%, Survival 15.3%, Crafting 15.2%, Building 12.9%
- #46 Boundless
71% matchMixed70% of 2,766 reviews2018
Dev: Monumental, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 33.0 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Shape your citizen, forge your destiny and sculpt your world in this epic voxel sandbox MMO built on endless possibility.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.8% ★, Open World 11.1%, Sandbox 10.8%, Crafting 10.7%, Building 7.9%
- #47 The Guild 3
70% matchMixed61% of 7,840 reviews2022
Dev: Purple LampPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The Guild 3 is a fascinating trade and life simulation that takes place during the late Middle Ages. Step into the shoes of a citizen, acquire businesses and mansions, produce goods and trade them, start intrigues in politics and society, love, hate, bribe, fight and live through good and bad times!
Why similar: Medieval 33.7%, Open World 13.8%, Sandbox 11.6%, Building 11%, Survival 7.3%
- #48 Mount & Blade
70% matchVery Positive92% of 6,621 reviews2008
Dev: TaleWorlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Calradia is a land at war, offering great riches and even greater dangers to adventurers and mercenaries that flock to shed their blood on its soil. With courage and a strong sword, an unknown stranger can make a name as a warrior. Free-form sand-box gameplay.
Why similar: Medieval 36.8%, Open World 23.9%, Sandbox 15.9%, RPG 9.6%, Multiplayer 5.1%
- #49 The Quinfall
67% matchMixed54% of 10,809 reviews2026
Dev: Vawraek Technology Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 39.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Embark on an adventurous journey to explore the Quinfall universe. Be a part of unique battles and an immersive story with dozens of different professions in the depths of medieval times in an all-new MMORPG experience.
Why similar: Medieval 19.1%, Open World 16.8%, Crafting 14.9%, MMORPG 14.9% ★, Building 12.6%
- #50 Planet Explorers
70% matchMixed62% of 6,817 reviews2016
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.7% ★, Sandbox 12.7%, Open World 12.4%, Crafting 9%, Survival 8.2%
- #51 SCUM
65% matchMostly Positive74% of 122,922 reviews2025
Dev: Gamepires
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 102.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Traverse punishing environments, looting, crafting and evading the constant threats to your life. The unprecedented levels of character customization and progression are your ultimate tools for survival.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 41.6% ★, Open World 13.5%, Survival 12.3%, Crafting 11.8%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #52 Dune: Awakening
65% matchMostly Positive70% of 74,372 reviews2025
Dev: Funcom
Windows
Median: 47.7 hrsMean: 95.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival RPG where you can fully immerse yourself in the epic world of Dune. Alone or with friends, explore a vast open world Arrakis, survive the sandworms, build a home, craft an ornithopter, and unravel the mystery of the missing Fremen.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.8% ★, Crafting 11.2%, Open World 10.8%, Survival 10%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #53 ATLAS
69% matchMixed47% of 42,842 reviews2018
Dev: Grapeshot Games
Windows
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 112.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Set sail for the ultimate pirate experience! Embark on a grand adventure alongside thousands of other players in one of the largest game worlds ever built (and even claim a piece of it to call your own). Build your ship, assemble your crew, sail the high seas, and become a pirate legend!
Why similar: Open World 19.8%, Survival 19.6%, Crafting 16.3%, MMORPG 11.9% ★, Sandbox 8.9%
- #54 Nightingale
66% matchMixed67% of 17,841 reviews2024
Dev: Inflexion Games
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you’ll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms. As a daring Realmwalker, you’ll defeat monstrous enemies, survive hostile environments, and build elaborate estates in a visually stunning Gaslamp Fantasy world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.9% ★, Open World 12.1%, Crafting 11.9%, Survival 11.7%, Building 10%
- #55 Subsistence
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 13,601 reviews2016
Dev: ColdGames
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 40.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.7% ★, Survival 12.8%, Crafting 11.7%, Open World 9.9%, Building 6.9%
- #56 This Land Is My Land
67% matchMixed68% of 4,601 reviews2021
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Experience the frontier as a chief of a Native American tribe and resist the onset of the settlers. Explore the vast world full of hostile humans and animals while defining your narrative through the decisions you make.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 45.1% ★, Survival 13.6%, Open World 13.2%, Crafting 10%, Sandbox 5.3%